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Saturday, July 30th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
"I have no plants in my house. They
won't live for me. Some of them don't even wait to die, they
commit suicide" ~Jerry Seinfeld
Come on, admit it....is your thumb not as green as you want it
to be? Are you having trouble keeping your house plants alive
and healthy? Can you relate to Jerry on this one? Relax'.you're
not alone! Many of us (myself included at times) have felt that
fake plants were our only option because we seemed to have the
'touch of death' when caring for plants. Read on to ...
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 | Home Improvement |
Organic gardening, which is sometimes thought of as something
out of the 60s hippie culture, has been steadily growing in
popularity over the years. Not only can you find entire aisles
of organics at the local supermarket, the number of specialty
stores dedicated to organically grown foods has increased
dramatically. Part of this popularity is due to an increasing
understanding of the dangers associated with synthetic
pesticides and fertilizers. Growing organically generally means
gardening ...
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Saturday, July 16th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
A Greenhouse can extend your growing season by months and allow
you to sow seeds and harvest crops much earlier than you
normally would. With proper planning, some crops can be
harvested continuously. This can turn your gardening and
cultivation into a year round activity. A wider variety of
plants started from seed. The germination rate will be much
higher as well. The amount of sunlight that a greenhouse allows
and the ability to control temperatures will give you a
healthier and more ...
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Saturday, July 9th, 2011 | Home Improvement |
'Exchanging Plants, Seeds and Flowers for Winter Gardening
Fun' Exciting New Winter Garden Fun!
GardenHere turns grey cold weather months into exciting home
gardening fun. While
other gardening enthusiast are waiting for Spring plant and seed
catalogs, GardenHere members are busy growing landscape and
flower starts in their window sills to trade with other home
gardeners around the country.
'Winter can be a really fun time of year for home gardeners,'
said Al Stubblefield, designer and
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 | Home and Family |
One of the pleasurable spin-offs in organic gardening is finding
alternative ways of coming up with the same, if not better, end
result..... Household throwaways can be valuable to the
alternate enthusiast. Here are ten recyclable ideas to make
gardening a little less hard on the pocket!
1. Hedge clippings: Instead of burning or direct
composting, beg, borrow or even buy, if the quantity justifies
the price, an electric garden muncher. Branches up to an inch in
diameter are posted into a slot ...
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